whizzing

verb

Definition of whizzingnext
present participle of whiz
1
as in hissing
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ just hearing the bullets whiz as they fly by their heads must be terrifying for soldiers

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2
as in humming
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound many vehicles were whizzing past us at breakneck speeds

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whizzing
  1. humming
  2. buzzing
  3. zipping
Verb
  • Heading into the summer, though, the Trojans’ out-of-state pursuits appeared to be humming along.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Health, family, this humming season of life.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of humming
Verb
  • Compiled annually by a group led by Franklin Leonard, a recipient of a Gotham tribute award this year, Variety waits with childlike anticipation each year to see which scripts film executives have really been buzzing over — but haven’t had the budget or the chutzpah to put into production just yet.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Andrews’ three-pointer banked into the basket with four-tenths of a second left, leaving a crowd that had been buzzing moments earlier in stunned disbelief.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of buzzing
Verb
  • Uber driver Derek Gooderham was zipping along on Interstate 83 when a wave of wood planks tumbled from the lumber truck, sliding down a hill and sweeping his car off the road.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Get a preview in the video below, starring Tony Hawk and other skateboarders zipping around a half-pipe soundtracked by Kraftwerk music.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of zipping
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